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Leroy S. Fletcher

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Mechanical Engineering

#332

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#370

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#70

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#2834

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#258

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Leroy S. Fletcher's Degrees

Masters Mechanical Engineering Stanford University
Bachelors Mechanical Engineering California Institute of Technology

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According to Wikipedia, Leroy Stevenson Fletcher is an American mechanical and aerospace engineer, and college dean, who served as the 104th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1985–86, and was recipient of the 2002 ASME Medal.

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Leroy S. Fletcher's Published Works

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Developing laminar free convection between vertical flat plates with asymmetric heating (1972) (337)
Recent Developments in Contact Conductance Heat Transfer (1988) (224)
Contact heat transfer: the last decade (1986) (166)
Heat Transfer Through Falling Film Evaporation and Boiling on Horizontal Tubes (1990) (136)
Review of Models for Thermal Contact Conductance of Metals (1997) (93)
Thermal contact conductance of selected polymeric materials (1996) (88)
Thermal Contact Conductance of Spherical Rough Metals (1997) (83)
The Effect of Plate Spacing on Free Convection Between Heated Parallel Plates (1992) (78)
Heat transfer in a three-dimensional channel with baffles (1996) (69)
Falling film evaporation and boiling in circumferential and axial grooves on horizontal tubes (1985) (61)
A review of thermal enhancement techniques for electronic systems (1990) (53)
Flow Structure and Enhanced Heat Transfer in Channel Flow With Dimpled Surfaces: Application to Heat Sinks in Microelectronic Cooling (2007) (47)
Investigation of Laminar Flow in a Porous Pipe with Variable Wall Suction (1973) (44)
Effective thermal conductivity of sintered heat pipe wicks (1986) (44)
Free Convection Between Series of Vertical Parallel Plates With Embedded Line Heat Sources (1991) (44)
Measurement of the Thermal Contact Conductance and Thermal Conductivity of Anodized Aluminum Coatings (1990) (43)
Biomechanics of crutch locomotion. (1974) (43)
Review of the Thermal Conductivity of Thin Films (1997) (42)
Review of the thermal contact conductance of junctions with metallic coatings and films (1993) (40)
Onset of Flow Reversal and Penetration Length of Natural Convective Flow Between Isothermal Vertical Walls (1995) (39)
Investigation of natural convection heat transfer in converging channel flows using a specklegram technique (1993) (37)
Thermal Rectification in Similar and Dissimilar Metal Contacts (1991) (37)
Predicting the thermal conductivity and temperature distribution in aligned fiber composites (1989) (35)
Thermal Contact Conductance of Adhesives for Microelectronic Systems (1997) (35)
Effect of metallic coatings on the thermal contact conductance of turned surfaces (1990) (35)
Thermal contact resistance of selected low- conductance interstitial materials. (1968) (33)
Thermal contact conductance of metallic coated BiCaSrCuO superconductor/copper interfaces at cryogenic temperatures (1992) (29)
Effective Thermal Conductivity Within Packed Beds of Spherical Particles (1989) (27)
Thermal conductance of gasket materials for spacecraft joints (1973) (27)
Optimization of Fin Performance in a Laminar Channel Flow Through Dimpled Surfaces (2009) (27)
Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of a plate heat exchanger using a propylene-glycol/water mixture as the working fluid (1995) (26)
Statistical Model for Pressure Distribution of Bolted Joints (2008) (26)
Thermal Contact Conductance for Aluminum and Stainless-Steel Contacts (1998) (26)
Gas conductance contribution to contact heat transfer (1981) (25)
Heat Transfer in Thin Liquid Films Flowing Over Horizontal Tubes (1982) (25)
Thermal Contact Resistance Modeling of Non-Flat, Roughened Surfaces With Non-Metallic Coatings (2001) (25)
The Interfacial Pressure Distribution and Thermal Conductance of Bolted Joints (1994) (24)
Effective Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Contact Conductance of Graphite Fiber Composites (2001) (23)
Mixed Convective Heat Transfer Between a Series of Vertical Parallel Plates With Planar Heat Sources (1996) (22)
Thermal Contact Conductance of Non-Flat, Rough, Metallic Coated Metals (2002) (22)
Prediction of thermal contact conductance between similar metal surfaces (1970) (21)
A Survey of Heat Transfer in Compressible Separated and Reattached Flows (1988) (21)
Effective thermal conductivity in multidimensional bodies (1994) (20)
Thermal Contact Conductance of Packed Beds in Contact With a Flat Surface (1988) (19)
Explanation of thermal rectification (1984) (19)
EVALUATION OF THERMAL ENHANCEMENT FILMS FOR ELECTRONIC PACKAGES (1990) (19)
Thermal conductance of cylindrical joints―a critical review (1990) (18)
Study of Laminar Forced Convection Heat Transfer for Dimpled Heat Sinks (2008) (18)
Evaluation of Thermal Contact Conductance Between Mold Compound and Heat Spreader Materials (1988) (18)
Thermal contact conductance of elastomeric gaskets (1997) (18)
The Thermal Contact Conductance of Hard and Soft Coat Anodized Aluminum (1995) (17)
Comparison of Effective Thermal Conductivity and Contact Conductance of Fibrous Composites (1999) (17)
Solid Spot Thermal Conductance of Zircaloy-2/Uranium Dioxide Interfaces (1983) (16)
Constriction resistance through bolted and riveted joints (1990) (16)
A review of the thermal contact conductance of junctions with metallic coatings and films (1992) (16)
Study of laminar thermal boundary layers occurring around the leading edge of a vertical isothermal wall using a specklegram technique (1992) (16)
A Schlieren Interferometer Method for Heat Transfer Studies (1970) (16)
Metallic coatings for enhancement of thermal contact conductance (1994) (15)
Thermal contact conductance of refractory ceramic coatings (1993) (15)
Aerospace engineering education for the 21st century (1997) (13)
A REVIEW OF HEAT TRANSFER IN SEPARATED AND REATTACHED FLOWS (1970) (13)
Thermal Contact Conductance of Sintered Copper Coatings on Ferro-Alloy (1999) (13)
Thermal contact conductance in the presence of thin metal foils (1988) (13)
Thermal Conductivity of Graphite/Aluminum and Graphite/Copper Composites (1996) (12)
A review of thermal conductivity in composite materials (1987) (12)
Aerothermodynamics of a Simple Resonance Tube (1977) (12)
Design Graphs for Thermal Contact Conductance of Similar and Dissimilar Light Alloys (1998) (12)
Effect of a Conducting Wall on a Stratified Fluid in a Cylinder (1978) (12)
Comparison of Several Heat Transfer Enhancement Technologies for Gas Heat Exchangers (1996) (11)
Thermal Contact Conductance of a Bone-Dry Paper Handsheet/Metal Interface (1992) (10)
Thermal conductance of multilayered metallic sheets (1991) (10)
A MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE JOINT CONDUCTANCE OF A WOVEN WIRE SCREEN CONTACTING TWO SOLIDS (1974) (10)
Experimental investigation of the thermal contact conductance of electroplated silver coatings (1995) (10)
The Effect of Nonuniform Interfacial Pressures on the Heat Transfer in Bolted and Riveted Joints (1990) (9)
Evaluation of nonmetallic coatings and films for thermal control applications (1994) (9)
Review of the Thermal Conductivity of Graphite-Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites (1998) (9)
Aerodynamic Heating and Thermal Protection Systems (1978) (9)
Heat transfer between surfaces in contact: An analytical and experimental study of thermal contact resistance of metallic interfaces (1971) (9)
Heat transfer enhancement techniques for Space Station cold plates (1990) (9)
Two-Phase Working Fluids for the Temperature Range 100°-350°C (1978) (9)
Contact Conductance of Selected Metal-Matrix Composites (1992) (8)
The thermal contact conductance of dissimilar metals (1978) (8)
Thermodynamic Characteristics of a Blunt Two-Dimensional Resonance Tube (1976) (7)
Thermal contact conductance of diamond-like films (1996) (7)
Technology transfer: The key to successful space engineering education☆ (1993) (7)
Thermal enhancement techniques for SEM guide ribs and card rails (1992) (7)
Thermal Enhancement Coatings for Microelectronic Systems (1998) (6)
Thermal contact conductance of composite cylinders (1997) (6)
On the thermal conductivity of dispersed ceramics (1989) (6)
Experimental techniques for thermal contact resistance measurements (1993) (6)
Experimental thermal contact conductance of electronic modules (1997) (6)
Thermal Contact Conductance of Lead Ferrite and Boron Nitride (1976) (5)
THERMAL ENHANCEMENT COATINGS AND FILMS FOR MICROELECTRONICS SYSTEMS (1994) (5)
Performance of Gravity-Assisted Heat Pipes Operated at Small Tilt Angles (1978) (5)
Thermal conductance and thermal conductivity of selected polyethylene insulation materials (1975) (5)
Multidisciplinary Projects: A Modern Technique in Engineering Education (1971) (5)
Thermal Contact Conductance of a Moist Paper Handsheet/Metal Interface for Paper Drying Applications (1993) (5)
Correlation for the thermal contact conductance of metallic coated metals (1993) (5)
The thermal conductance of dissimilar metals (1982) (5)
Aerothermodynamic Characteristics of a Resonance Tube Driven by a Subsonic Jet (1977) (5)
Thermal contact conductance of uranium dioxide zircaloy interfaces (1978) (5)
Thermal contact conductance of porous metallic materials in a vacuumenvironment (1973) (5)
Base heat transfer in an axisymmetric supersonic flow (1970) (4)
Vortices Induced in a Stagnation Region by Wakes (1978) (4)
A thermal contact conductance correlation for porous metals (1974) (4)
Thermal contact conductance of electronic modules (1995) (4)
Bidirectional Reflectance of H2O Cryofilms on Specular and Diffusing Surfaces (1978) (4)
The thermal contact conductance of diamond-like films (1993) (4)
Thermal conductivity of selected superconducting materials (1991) (4)
Interfacial Contact Resistance of Single-Crystal Ceramics for Solar Concentrators (1999) (4)
A review of thermal control materials for metallic junctions (1972) (4)
Thermal conductance of two Space Station cold plate attachment techniques (1991) (3)
Thermal Contact Conductance of Flat-Plate Solar Collector Materials (1980) (3)
Macroscopic Constriction Resistance in Microelectronic Packages (1991) (3)
Introduction to Engineering Design With Graphics and Design Projects (1981) (3)
A survey of the thermal conductivity of synthetic and natural diamond materials (1992) (3)
A review of oscillator fluidic temperature sensors (1979) (3)
A review of the thermal contact conductance of composite cylinders (1996) (3)
Heat transfer and thermal control systems (1978) (3)
Characterization/Modeling of Wire Screen Insulation for Deep-Water Pipes (2006) (3)
A review of models for thermal contact conductance of metals (1996) (3)
Thermal Performance of Thermal Pad Contact Heat Exchangers (1992) (3)
Transverse Thermal Conductivity and Contact Conductance of Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials (1998) (3)
Methods for Predicting Radiation-Coupled Flowfields about Planetary Entry Probes (1978) (3)
Asymmetric Nose-Tip Shape Change during Atmospheric Entry (1978) (3)
Experimental thermal contact conductance of continuous fiber metal matrix composites (1994) (3)
A CORRELATION FOR THE THERMAL CONTACT CONDUCTANCE OF INTERSTITIAL METALLIC FOILS (1994) (3)
An experimental investigation of the thermal contact conductance of electroplated silver coatings (1993) (2)
Mechanical engineering education for the 21st century (1997) (2)
A review of the thermal contact conductance of non-metallic coatingsand films for Navy standard electronic module card rails (1992) (2)
Heat Transfer Between Surfaces in Contact - the Effect of Low Conductance Interstitial Materials. Part 1 - Experimental Verification of NASA Test Apparatus (1968) (2)
Thermal Modeling of a Multilayer Insulation System (2010) (2)
Optimum Design of Elastomeric Gaskets for Combined Thermal and Vibration Performance (1974) (2)
Interstitially insulated coaxial pipe (2008) (2)
Effective Conductivity of Regularly Packed Spheres: Basic Cell Model with Constriction (1978) (2)
Technical/market assessment of heat exchanger technology for users of natural gas. Final report, April 1, 1990-May 31, 1994 (1994) (2)
Finite-Element Methodology for Thermal Analysis of Convectively Cooled Structures (1978) (2)
Screw-thread gaging systems for determining conformance to thread standards (1996) (2)
Excess Liquid in Heat-Pipe Vapor Spaces (1978) (2)
Introduction to Engineering: Including Fortran Programming (1978) (1)
Axially Grooved Heat Pipes: 1976 (1978) (1)
Economic Feasibility of Retrofit Solar Hot Water Systems (1983) (1)
Spectral properties of selected superconducting materials (1989) (1)
Thermal control in space shuttle systems (1970) (1)
A space engineering education program for the future (1992) (1)
The kinetothermal analysis and synthesis of cam systems (1976) (1)
Interfacial contact resistance of single crystal ceramic solar concentrator materials (1998) (1)
Low-Temperature Phase-Change Material Package (1978) (1)
Discussion: “Vapor Flow in Cylindrical Heat Pipes” (Bankston, C. A., and Smith, H. J., 1973, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 95, pp. 371–376) (1974) (1)
Comparative evaluation of two attachment techniques for Space Station cold plates (1989) (1)
Integrated instructional innovation (1991) (1)
Effective Thermal Conductivity in Multi-Fraction Reactor Fuels (1987) (1)
Influence of Refractive Index on Emittance: Finite Medium (1978) (1)
Thermal contact conductance of flat plate solar collector materials (1979) (1)
Thermal Conductivity and Contact Conductance of Graphite Fiber Composites (1998) (1)
Three-Dimensional Shock-Wave Interference Heating Prediction (1978) (1)
Aerothermal Environment for the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe Mission (1978) (1)
Thermal Joint Conductance of Low Density Polyethylene and Polyester Polymeric Films: Experimental (2006) (1)
Thermal Performance of a Wire-Mesh/Hollow-Glass-Sphere Composite Structure (2011) (1)
DESIGN GRAPHS FOR THERMAL CONTACT CONDUCTANCE OF METALS (1997) (1)
Thermal contact conductance of polymeric materials (1995) (1)
Thermal conductivity of aligned fiber composite materials (1988) (1)
Thermal contact conductance of dissimilar metallic interfaces (1999) (1)
Proceedings of the ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference : Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, March 19-24, 1995 (1995) (1)
Contamination/Degradation Measurements on Operational Satellite Thermal Control Surfaces (1978) (1)
Effective thermal conductivity of epoxy adhesives for microelectronic applications (1999) (1)
A Review of Thermal Enhancement Coatings for Navy Standard Electronic Module Card Rails. (1991) (1)
The aerothermodynamics of a simple resonance tube (1975) (0)
Mach Number and Wall Temperature Effects on Turbulent Heat Blockage (1978) (0)
Thermal conductance of cylindrical joints - A critical review (1989) (0)
FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF ASBESTOS REPLACEMENT IN AUTOMOBILE AND TRUCK BRAKE SYSTEMS (1990) (0)
Performance Characteristics for an Interstitially Insulated Coaxial Pipe Using Wire-Screen Mesh for Deepwater Applications (2008) (0)
Discussion: “Correlations for Thermal Contact Conductance In Vacuo” (Thomas, T. R., and Probert, S. D., 1972, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 94, pp. 276–280) (1972) (0)
Aerothermodynamic Base Heating (1978) (0)
The History of Heat Transfer (2001) (0)
Integration of Heat Conduction Measurement Systems Into Engineering Technology Education (2005) (0)
Analytical Study of an Axisymmetric Choked Nozzle. (1974) (0)
Instrument Canister Thermal Control (1978) (0)
A Flow Visualization Study of a Resonance Tube. (1974) (0)
Effects of Space Radiation on Thin Polymers and Nonmetallics (1978) (0)
Aircraft Vortex Detection System Using Dual Laser Beams (1975) (0)
Effects of One-Sided Heat Input and Removal on Axially Grooved Heat-Pipe Performance (1978) (0)
Nose-Tip Shape Optimization for Minimum Transpiration Coolant Requirements (1978) (0)
Thermal conductivity of multi-layer circuit boards (1997) (0)
Book Review: Heat Transfer Reviews 1976 - 1986 (1991) (0)
Discussion on [`]thermal contact resistances for hard machined surfaces pressed against relatively soft optical flats' (1982) (0)
A Band Model for Calculating Radiance and Transmission of Water Vapor and Carbon Dioxide (1978) (0)
A Zero-G Variable-Conductance Heat Pipe Using Bubble Pump Injection (1978) (0)
Proceedings of the ASME Conference on Mechanical Engineering Education 1980 (1981) (0)
A review of the thermal conductivity of graphite reinforced metal matrix composite materials (1996) (0)
A Precise Satellite Thermal Control System Using Cascaded Heat Pipes (1978) (0)
A study of the near-wake behind an axisymmetric body (1984) (0)
Changes of Surface Shapes Due to Contact Loading with Thermal and Pressure Cycling (1978) (0)
Problems in Engineering Design Graphics (1981) (0)
The role of databases in the academic environment (1993) (0)
Technical assessment of heat exchanger enhancement technologies. Topical report, April 1, 1990-April 30, 1994 (1994) (0)
VICKERS MICROHARDNESS OF CERAMIC COATINGS FOR THERMAL CONTACT CONDUCTANCE: MICROHARDNESS MODELS WITH EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON (1997) (0)
Analysis of a Film-Cooled Nosetip in a Particle Erosion Environment (1978) (0)
In-Depth Oxidation Distribution of Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Material (1978) (0)
Flexible Deployable-Retractable Space Radiators (1978) (0)
Index of Contributors (1978) (0)
Life After Tenure: Improved Instruction (1996) (0)
Comment on "Vapor Flow Calculations in a Flat-Plate Heat Pipe" (1981) (0)
Smoke plume transport with aerodynamic augmentation (1979) (0)
Heat transfer and thermal control systems; Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 15th, Los Angeles, Calif., January 24-26, 1977 and Thermophysics Conference, 12th, Albuquerque, N. Mex., June 27-29, 1977, Technical Papers (1978) (0)
Comparison of Theoretical and Experimental Infrared Radiation from a Rocket Exhaust (1978) (0)
Effect of Melt Removal by Aerodynamic Shear on Melt-Through of Metal Plates (1978) (0)
Segmented Tungsten Nose Tips for High-Performance Flight Vehicles (1978) (0)
High-Pressure Arc Test Performance of Carbon-Carbon Nose Tips (1978) (0)
THERMAL CONTACT CONDUCTANCE OF COATINGS AND FILMS (2023) (0)
A Thermal Diode Heat Pipe for Cryogenic Applications (1978) (0)
Controllability Analysis for Passively and Actively Controlled Heat Pipes (1978) (0)
Re-Entrant Groove Heat Pipe (1978) (0)
Design of an enhanced flat-plate solar collector (1975) (0)
Arc-Heater Code-Validation Tests of Heat-Shield Materials (1978) (0)
Ablation Measurement of the Gasjet Nose Tip (1978) (0)
An Ocean Engineering Program for the 21st Century (1992) (0)
Shock-Tube Studies of Silicon-Compound Vapors (1978) (0)
A Comparison of Calculated and Measured Rocket Plume Infrared Radiation (1978) (0)
Shuttle Eleven Cove Aerodynamic Heating by Ingested Flow (1978) (0)
Thermal performance of Space Station thermal pad contact heat exchangers (1991) (0)
Ablation Performance of Tungsten, Copper-lnfiltrated Tungsten, and Other Systems in Arc Jets (1978) (0)

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